Nike creates better world for plastics recycling

Some of the world's biggest sports stars are raising awareness of how plastic bottles can be transformed into athletic performance clothing under Nike's latest football brand campaign.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez and basketball star LeBron James feature in a message about recycled football kits as part of Nike's 'My Time is Now' film.

The film shows Hernandez dispatching a water bottle into a bin, which then begins its journey of transformation into a national team kit jersey.

Each step of the intricate manufacturing process is showed - plastic bottles are sorted, crushed and melted, refined into yarn, and converted to fabric, which is cut, dyed and stitched.

The process finishes with the addition of laser-cut ventilation holes, each team's crest, and the Nike swoosh.

Made with at least 96% recycled polyester, each jersey is made using an average of seven plastic bottles, and each short is made using an average of six recycled plastic bottles--adding up to 13 plastic bottles per kit.